Plant-supporting device.



W. H ALLEN; PLANTSUPPORTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NHL-21, 1914.

mg Patented Mar 2, 11915.

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VIITJ'JIJELWE H. ALLEN, E GALllifihlIIt-l', TEXAE.

rininr-surron'rrito neuron specification oi Letters FFeltent.

zlppliceticn. filed February 21, 19%. Serial 0. 820,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WrLLrAM H. ALLEN,

' a citizen of the United States o'l America,

residing at Gallatin, Texas, have invented ccrtuin new iLIlCl usetul lxnprovements in Plant-@upporting Devices or "which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to all manner of plantsupporting and sticking devices for use in, what is known to gardeners and agriculturists as, sticking the plants.

The primary object of the invention is to provide uisiniple form of support member that will be highly adaptable to use in sticking and supporting all manner of plants such as tomato end all other form of tender. a-ncl trail plants that necessarily neerl support during their fruit bearing period.

Another object of the invention is to pro vicle a means for the purpose specifieri which any garqlener or ogrieulturist can easily and inexpensively provide. 7

With these enrl other objects in'view the invention has relation to certain features of form and structure illustratecl in the accorne panying drawings anti rlescribecl in. the tollowing specification wherein:

Figure 1 is e View of the support member apart from the plant. Fig. 2 is view of the support member, the application of some heins illustrated in connection with a plant. I Referring more in particular to the drawings wherein the some reference numerals refer to similar elements throughout the views, the numeral 1 designates a substanwire staii' or redtielly vertical metallic aclaptel to have its lower extremity thrust slightly into the earth in proximity to the booly of theplant with which it correlates.

1' he substantially vertical stall has the sevoral modifications nnd variations from its vertical form as later inclicetecl. A. helical loop 2 is formed in the member the (lesiretl from the grouncl to meet the requirements of the hotly oi? the particular plant the stall is intended to support. The loop 3 is formed on the upper extremity oi the staff uncl arlopterl to receive the upper foliage or bocl v oi the plant ancl retain same in verticallvencl elined position relative to the rest oi? the plant body. The loops reterrecl to are torrnel ss illustratecl in substcntiallv large peripl l preportions an& arc provirlorl with th c iinrgs t. The mause1 :lcr these support members will preferably he of orfilinery large goge soit trliolr or hotly oil 2 iron Wire. The large loops can be sprearl or sprung open at the openings 4t and the plant body or foliage introduced thereinto. The of the loops allows the plant body and foliage to be loosely confined therein with out cramping or injuring suicl pl ant. Minor coils or loops and G are formed in the ststt' in proximity to the loops 2 and 3 and are aclaptecl to receive ancl form n firm and; substantial joint to a member later inentione.

A diagonal brace member '7 hes a portion 8'01? its extremity thrust vertically into the earth. The brace member is bent or coiled around through the loop 5 as indicated by the numeral 9 The brace then extends wer tioally upwurcl and parallel to the member 1,

indicated by the numeral 10, the upperextremity being passetl through the coil 6 and. bent over in the form 05 e hoolr 11.

In case extra tell plants are to be stuck or supported, the staff or rcrl i. may be proviclerl with an increased number of loops similar to tie loops 2 and At the some time the coils 5 anrl 6 Woulcl preferably be correspondingly increased in rumrber. Tn such the member 10 would be consecutively passed. through the plurslitv of coils provided. A i It is seen how the two parallel members 1 and i0 spacerl apart by a number of rig idly forrnecl joints torn: a, rigid truss construction, which will resist to a. consiilerable olegree a tenrlency for the plant to bend or be clistortecl from its vertical growth. The brace member 7 forms a substantial support against a lateral pull-0r pressure to which the plant might be subiecteo, To the Gulf and Coastal. States Where the Wincls are prevalent ancl selrlorn change their direction, this form of truss anrl support member will be appreciated by the growers in that the brace member ancl general arrangement of its few parts mar-toe so clispcsel as to rethin the plant against the lateral pressure of the Whirl.

The invention is presente ll as inclutling all such modifications and changes as niav properly come Within the scope of the following; claims.

What l claim is:

1.. re a support member for plants of the character clescribei, 2. vertical real member. a pluralitv of loops or curls tormerl in the vertical N sairl loops fornieai sub utiall r of small (hamster enr tee. to confine the i.) to be supper-tech rots,

said loops or curls provided with openings for receiving the trunk or body of the plant,

' smaller loops or curls formed on the said vertical rod member, and a diagonal and --truss member integrally formed and corre the plant, smaller curls or loops formed on the vertical rod member and adjacent to the curls or loops first mentioned, a vertical truss member fixed to the smaller eurls or loops and lying in parallel proximity to the vertical rod member and one extremity I of the truss member being outwardly directed from the lower curl or loop of smaller diameter and forming a diagonal brace.

In testimony whereof, I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ALLEN. Witnesses:

C. F; WARD, P. E. HENRY. 

